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Hall (Brotherton Collection)
A small collection of works on conjuring, witchcraft and games, formed by Trevor Henry Hall (1910-1991), bibliographer and former president of the Leeds Library.
Sherlock Holmes, the higher criticism : a lecture delivered in the School of English, the University of Leeds, 27 October, 1971
Hall, Trevor H
1971
Limited ed. of 200 signed and numbered copies.
The discovery of witchcraft : proving that the compacts and contracts of witches with devils and all infernal spirits or familiars are but erroneous novelties and imaginary conceptions.... In sixteen books
Scot, Reginald (1538?-1599)
1665
Pp.181-201 deal with juggling, conjuring tricks, with woodcuts of trick properties on pp.199-201. Pp.255-6 misnumbered 256-7, two pages being numbered 257. "A discourse concerning the nature and s...
A bibliography of books on conjuring in English from 1580 to 1850
Hall, Trevor H
1957
"Limited to 250 copies."
Dorothy L. Sayers, nine literary studies
Hall, Trevor H
1980
Inlcudes bibliographical references and index.
A system of magick : or, A history of the black art : being an historical account of mankind's most early dealing with the devil and how the acquaintance on both sides first began
Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)
1727
Moore (Defoe) 487: Published Nov. 1726. Initials, head- and tailpieces. Anon., by Daniel Defoe. Title vignette, title in red and black.
Memoirs of the lives, intrigues, and comical adventures of the most famous gamesters and celebrated sharpers in the reigns of Charles II, James II, William III and Queen Anne : wherein is contain'd the secret history of gaming, discovering all the most sharping tricks and cheats (us'd by slight of hand) at picquet, gleek, lanterloo, bankafalet, basset, primero, cribbidge, verquere, tick-tack, grand-tricktrack, and all the English, Dutch, French, Spanish, and Italian games, play'd with cards, dice, tables, or otherwise : the whole calculated for the meridians of London, Bath, Tunbridge, and the Groom-porters
Lucas, Theophilus (fl. 1714)
1714
Running title: Memoirs of gamesters. First ed. Signatures: A-N¹²; M2 missigned N2. Advertisement: p. [1-3] at end.
The court-gamester, or, Full and easy instructions for playing the games now in vogue, after the best method, as they are played at court and in the assemblées, viz. ombre, picquet, and the royal game of chess : wherein the frauds in play are detected, and the laws of each game annexed, to prevent disputes
Seymour, Richard Esq
1720
First published in 1719; republished as part 1 of Seymour's "The compleat gamester", 1739. Signatures: A⁶ B-E¹² F⁶.
The compleat gamester : in three parts. : Containing
Seymour, Richard Esq
1739
Signatures: A⁶ [-A1] B-O¹² P⁶. Contents: (from t.p.) I. The court gamester: or, full and easy instructions for playing the games of ombre, quadrille, quintille, piquet, basset, faro, and the r...
The book of curiosities;, or, Wonders of the great world : containing an account of whatever is most remarkable in nature & art, science & literature. A new compilation, from the most authentic sources. With an appendix of entertaining and amusing experiments and recreations
Platts, John (1775-1837)
[1882]
Originally published. London : Caxton Press, by Henry Fisher, 1822. Date of publication taken from Toole Stott. P. 950 misnumbered 450. Index: p. [iii]-viii.